Carville: Novak dodged 'barf bag'

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Carville: Novak dodged 'barf bag'

Nothing gets tongues wagging more than an eruption on live television by a controversial political pundit, especially in the middle of a slow news day during a steamy summer.

As such, conservative CNN commentator Robert Novak set off aftershocks Thursday when he used a barnyard epithet, removed his microphone and stormed off the set of Inside Politics after some needling by liberal jouster James Carville over Rep. Katherine Harris, R.-Fla., and her chances of winning a Senate seat.

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A copy of Who's Who sat on Henry's anchor desk Thursday, leading some bloggers to speculate that Novak suspected Henry planned to ask him about Plame's name in it and used Carville's remarks as an excuse to walk out.

That's how Carville saw it. "Bob's got a lot going on in his life, and that book was sitting on the desk like a barf bag, just waiting," he said.

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[JI7]

1. that's how i always viewed it

[Pirate Smile]

2. LOL. Carville certainly has a way with words.

[greenbriar]

3. God I love Carville

wish he wasn't married to her

[garthranzz]

6. I'm glad he's married to her

They obviously love each other - and their marriage shows politics can be business, not personal and nasty.

[greenbriar]

7. yada yada

I want him for myself :)

[Fridays Child]

4. James has such a way with words.

:applause: Go, Jimmy, go! :woohoo:

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. I wish Ed Henry would have blindsided Novak.

He deserves it. Too bad he was able to weasel his way out of it. Typical of a repuke.

[greenbriar]

8. I would have said as novak was walking away

"bob, don't leave, we have to talk about valerie before you go...bob...bob...

[Supersedeas]

9. he certainly didn't seem surprised by the exit, did he?

[Junkdrawer]

10. Carville got it exactly right. Bob "The Weasel" Nofacts didn't want pinned

down on how he got Plame's name. His recent column hinted he "could" have found it in Who's Who while previously he said *someone* gave him the name.

[gratuitous]

11. Facts are like krytonite to the Repressive Right

Novak, slimy evil bastard that he is, isn't a complete moron. He saw the barf bag on the desk, put two and two together, and decided to bravely run away. I'm sure it was squirreling through his rancid little mind that he was going to have to remember what lie he'd told about going to Who's Who in America to get Valerie Plame's name, and that it was going to have to match up with the fact sitting there.

When it became apparent that he couldn't ferret out the relevant material from his overloaded neuron, it was time to skedaddle. Having heard the word so often from people who'd listened to him or read his columns over the years, the word "Bullshit" naturally came to him, and away he went.

[smartvoter]

12. So we had it right. nt

[DeepModem Mom]

13. DUers don't miss a thing -- that "Who's Who" was spotted real quick!

If only the press were as eagle-eyed, as curious, and as effective as this site!

[DeepModem Mom]

14. kick